1. Why had the tide turned in the Battle of the Atlantic by mid-1943?
The tide had turned in the Battle of the Atlantic by mid-1943 because the Allied forces were pushing the Germans back. The Allied forces were destroying Germans U-boats faster than they could make them.
2. What two key decisions determined the final outcome at Stalingrad?
The two key decisions that determined the final outcome at Stalingrad was The Soviets planning a counter-attack on the Germans when the heavy winter had set in, and the German commander surrendering and then his troops surrendering two days later.
3. What was the outcome of the North African campaign?
The outcome of the North African campaign was allied control of North Africa. It did take some time though, there was months of fighting before the Afrika Korps had surrendered.
4. What were the results of the Italian campaign?
The results of the Italian campaign were no so good. The Italian campaign started out great taking over sicily but it took the fall of Germany itself to get Germans to retreat back up, that didn't happened until 1945.
5. Was the Allied invasion of Europe successful? Explain your answer.
Yes, the allied invasion of Europe was successful. The invasion was successful because all the countries that Nazi Germany had taken over/controlled the Allied forces had liberated. They did get Italy even though it wasnt until the end of the war.
6. Why was the Battle of the Bulge important?
The Battle of the Bulge was important because it was a decisive battle in the war. It had taken so many german lives, and materials that they would have a terrible time coming back from it. there was basically no way for them to come back in the war now.
7. What the significance of V-E day?
The significance of V-E day was that is was the end of the war in Europe. It was a victory(V) in Europe(E).
8. Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Dwight D. Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of U.S. forces in Europe during World War II. He later became the president of the United States.
9. Do you agree with the decision made by Roosevelt and Churchill to require unconditional surrender by the Axis powers? Why or why not?
I do agree with Roosevelt and Churchill's decision to require unconditional surrender by the Axis powers. I agree with them because if they didn't they would have surrendered in Italy before the Germans did and their morale would have gone up and we don't know what could have happened.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The Great Depression Widens
From Great Depression 22-2 Reading
1. How did the Great
Depression affect minorities?
For minorities
the Great Depression was horrible. Their unemployment rates were higher than
whites and if they had a job their pay was much less than their white
counterparts. Also racial violence increased during this time, unemployed
whites competing for the same job as a minority would beat them up/ even kill
them. 24 African Americans were lynched in one year because of this.
2. Why did so many men
leave their homes during the Depression?
So many men left
their homes during the Great Depression because they were accustomed to
supporting their families and working. They got so discouraged that they would
go out for days on a time just walking the streets looking for a job. It got so
bad in some cases that they just got up and left because they were so
embarrassed.
3. How did the Great Depression affect women and children?
During
the Great Depression many women struggled to survive. They couldn't get jobs
because when men are out of work offices wont hire women in their place so they
couldn't get any jobs, schools wouldn't even hire women to teach. They had to
do chores around the house, like managing the budget, going shopping, doing
things that women did before they were aloud to work. For children it was even
worse. Schools shut down nation wide, some 300000 students were out of school
because of this. because of this lack of school many children just gave up
their hope. Many children would hitch-hike on trains around the country. Some
of them were even killed because they didn't want the children on the trains.
From Great Depression
22-3 Reading
4. What were some of Hoover’s key convictions about government?
Herbert
Hoovers key convictions about government were that they play a limited role in
helping solve the problems, he also believed that the government should help
foster privet charities to help with the relief efforts. He believed that if
the government gave handouts it would weaken peoples self-dignity and
“moral-fiber”. His idea was that the government should direct relief measures.
They should help fund privet charities and they would help the people.
5. Why do you think people blamed Hoover for the nation’s
difficulties?
I
believe that some people blamed Hoover for the nation’s difficulties because he
didn’t do “enough”. He didn’t help the people out at all, he just let people
fend for themselves. People didn’t want that, they wanted a president that
would help them through tough times, to get them out of it. He was way to
rugged, he didn’t do anything he basically let the country fail.
6. What were some of the projects proposed by Hoover, and how
effective were they?
One
of the projects proposed by Hoover was the “Boulder Dam”(later renamed the
Hoover Dam). The Dam was to generate power and help set arrangement of water
rights between some of the states. The dam was very effective, it provided the
power it was supposed to but it also provided a regular water supply the country
needed.
7. What did the Bonus Army want?
The Bonus Army wanted their bonus that was supposed to be paid in 1945 to
be paid now. They all rushed to Washington D.C. to try and get the Patman Bill
passed it was rejected by Congress. After the bill was denied Hoover asked the
people to leave. Some did but the army forcefully removed those who didn’t.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
The Crash Occurs and the Great Depression Begins
1. What industrial weakness signaled a declining economy in the 1920s?
The weakness that signaled a declining economy in the 1920's was the use of credit in an ordinary persons life. It created superficial property in the country and when people were supposed to pay back their debts they couldn't which cause banks to either close or fail. It basically sent the United States into a tailspin downwards.
3. How did speculation and margin buying cause stock prices to rise?
Speculation played a role in stock prices rising because people would buy them in hope to get gain a quick profit but they didn't pay attention to the risks involved in doing so. People thought that the stocks would do well so the prices would go up for them but when they didn't people would want to sell them right away, which started mass selling's of stocks. When people began buying in margin people had to start to raise the prices on the stocks because they weren't being payed the full amount of the stock and they had to make some kind of profit on it. Also because people weren't paying back the full amount the owned the stock owner.
4. What happened to ordinary workers during the Great Depression?
During the Great Depression ordinary workers were normally laid off. Between 1929 and 1933 unemployment had gone from 3 percent to 25 percent, almost 13 million people had lost their jobs in that span of time. If you hadn't been laid off from your job, your pay had been reduced and/ or your hours per week had been reduced as well. The Great Depression wasn't a great time to be an ordinary worker.
5. How did the Great Depression affect the world economy?
The Great Depression had also affected Europe's economy as well. The Great Depression limited Americas ability to import European goods which made their economy bad in turn. Also with having to pay World War I Reparations, Europe didn't have a good economy to start out with during this time and having the Great Depression added on to it made it awful for the European economy.
The weakness that signaled a declining economy in the 1920's was the use of credit in an ordinary persons life. It created superficial property in the country and when people were supposed to pay back their debts they couldn't which cause banks to either close or fail. It basically sent the United States into a tailspin downwards.
2. What did the experience of farmers and consumers at this time suggest about the health of the economy?
The experience of farmers and consumers at this time suggested that the economy was not doing so well. Farmers had taken out so many loans to get more crops and new machinery that they could pay it back. They couldn't pay it back because the price for the crops had gone down by 40 percent and they weren't able to sell their goods because their were so many other farmers trying to do that. Consumers couldn't buy the goods because they didn't have to money to do so. Prices had risen so much that the consumers just couldn't afford to buy so many products. 3. How did speculation and margin buying cause stock prices to rise?
Speculation played a role in stock prices rising because people would buy them in hope to get gain a quick profit but they didn't pay attention to the risks involved in doing so. People thought that the stocks would do well so the prices would go up for them but when they didn't people would want to sell them right away, which started mass selling's of stocks. When people began buying in margin people had to start to raise the prices on the stocks because they weren't being payed the full amount of the stock and they had to make some kind of profit on it. Also because people weren't paying back the full amount the owned the stock owner.
4. What happened to ordinary workers during the Great Depression?
During the Great Depression ordinary workers were normally laid off. Between 1929 and 1933 unemployment had gone from 3 percent to 25 percent, almost 13 million people had lost their jobs in that span of time. If you hadn't been laid off from your job, your pay had been reduced and/ or your hours per week had been reduced as well. The Great Depression wasn't a great time to be an ordinary worker.
5. How did the Great Depression affect the world economy?
The Great Depression had also affected Europe's economy as well. The Great Depression limited Americas ability to import European goods which made their economy bad in turn. Also with having to pay World War I Reparations, Europe didn't have a good economy to start out with during this time and having the Great Depression added on to it made it awful for the European economy.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Prohibition
1. How did small-town life and city life differ?
Small- Town life was very boring. Everyone believed the same thing, had the same views, nothing independent. In the city that was completely opposite. People judged one another by there accomplishments, the tolerated drinking, gambling, and even casual dating mostly frowned upon in the small-towns.
2. Why do you think the Eighteenth Amendment failed to eliminate alcohol consumption?
I believe that the Eighteenth Amendment failed to eliminate alcohol consumption because it was such a big thing. When you have something as big as alcohol you cant just get rid of it at once, you would have to do it gradually. There was so many people drinking it that you couldn't just take it away.
3. How did criminals take advantage of Prohibition?
Criminals took advantage of Prohibition in that they would now be the primary dealers of alcohol in the cities. Prohibition also helped out organized crime.
4. What was the conflict between fundamentalists and those who accepted evolution?
The conflict between fundamentalists and those who accepted evolution was how we, as human-beings, came to be. The fundamentalists wouldn't give up their idea that god created everything and the evolutionists wouldn't be persuaded by the fundamentalists.
5. How might the overall atmosphere of the 1920s have contributed to the failure of Prohibition?
The overall atmosphere contributed to the failure of prohibition in that after World War I Americans were tired of making sacrifices and wanted to enjoy life and Prohibition was not letting that happen. Also most immigrants didn't think that drinking was a sin so they just kept doing what they had been doing fora long time.
Small- Town life was very boring. Everyone believed the same thing, had the same views, nothing independent. In the city that was completely opposite. People judged one another by there accomplishments, the tolerated drinking, gambling, and even casual dating mostly frowned upon in the small-towns.
2. Why do you think the Eighteenth Amendment failed to eliminate alcohol consumption?
I believe that the Eighteenth Amendment failed to eliminate alcohol consumption because it was such a big thing. When you have something as big as alcohol you cant just get rid of it at once, you would have to do it gradually. There was so many people drinking it that you couldn't just take it away.
3. How did criminals take advantage of Prohibition?
Criminals took advantage of Prohibition in that they would now be the primary dealers of alcohol in the cities. Prohibition also helped out organized crime.
4. What was the conflict between fundamentalists and those who accepted evolution?
The conflict between fundamentalists and those who accepted evolution was how we, as human-beings, came to be. The fundamentalists wouldn't give up their idea that god created everything and the evolutionists wouldn't be persuaded by the fundamentalists.
5. How might the overall atmosphere of the 1920s have contributed to the failure of Prohibition?
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Presidential Debate News Story Analysis
News Analysis on the First Presidential Debate
Source Information
Date: October 4, 2012
What news organization (or individual) produced this?: CNN
What is the type of news source?: Article
Content
What is the main headline?: 5 things we learned from the presidential debate
What facts (statistics, important events, etc.) are included?: that 67% of debate watchers said that Romney won. Also 1 in 4 said Obama was victorious.
Is anyone quoted? If so, who? What did they say?: A lot of people were quoted in this article. One of which was Wolf Blizter, CNN's chief anchor of the network's political coverage. who said " He held his own against the president of the United States, and for a Republican challenger that's pretty good,". Another person who was quoted was Eric Fehrnstrom, a senior adviser to the former Massachusetts governor. who said "If it was a boxing match, it would have been called,I've got to believe that the heels on the president's shoes are worn down from being back on them for 90 minutes."
What information or ideas might have been left out?: I didn't think that there was anything missing. I did think that there could have been more about what each candidate said but overall nothing missing.
Message
Who is the intended audience?: The intended audience is people who had watched the debate and wanted to learn more, or people who hadn't watched the debate and wanted an overview of it.
Does the author seem to have an opinion? If so, what is it?: Yes the author's seems to have an opinion. It is that Mitt Romney had won the debate.
What is the tone of the source?: The tone of the article is serious.
What words or phrases create the tone?: What made this article very serious was how direct it was. It didn't stray of the topic, it stuck to the point and conveyed the information clearly.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Wilson and the League of Nations' Legacy
1. In what ways was the League successful after World War I? Unsuccessful?
The league was successful after World War I in that they were able to resolve several disputes peacefully. An instance of that was when Sweden and Finland were fighting over a group of contested islands. Another instance of them working out was a humanitarian crisis in Turkey. They were also not so successful after World War I, when Poland seized a town in Lithuania the League proved unable to make Poland leave. Another example of the League failing was when Italy seized Fiume, the port that had gone to Yugoslavia, war broke out (the one thing they were supposed to stop from happening).
2. Many historians suggest that the terms of the Versailles Treaty were a major cause of World War II. Support that argument.
One of the main reasons why the Versailles Treaty was a major cause of World War II was that the terms were so harsh on Germany. Because of this and the financial compensation given to the Victors (Which weakened Germany's economy, caused hunger in the country, and massive unemployment) Germany wanted to reassert themselves in world affairs and get back some of the land they had lost. The man who lead Germany through World War II, Adolf Hitler, came into power with the platform that acknowledged Germanys resentment and promised economic recovery.
3. Some historians characterize U.S. policy during the interwar period as isolationist. What actions, described in the reading, could be called isolationist?
The action of making France pay back their World War I debts could be called isolationism. France had owed the United States back $10 billion dollars in war debts. They had thought that they would be relieved of that debt but instead the United States demanded the money to be paid back in full. Another example of the United States' isolationistic policies during the interwar period was the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 and the Immigration Act of 1924. These Acts limited the amount of Europeans allowed to immigrate and they declared Japanese immigrants as "aliens ineligible for citizenship.".
4. How was U.S. foreign policy different in the Cold War from the interwar period?
During the Cold War the U.S. foreign policy was more multilateral rather than during the interwar period when it was more unilateral. An example of this is the United States allocating some $400 million dollars in aid to Greece and Turkey in 1947. Then some $13 billion dollars in aid to western European countries in the European Recovery Program, commonly know as the Marshall Plan. These were done because American leaders feared that the Soviets would fan the flames of conflict to gain influence in regions that were identified as vital to U.S. interests. Although that was essentially for U.S. interests it helped out other countries.
5. What is "Wilsonian" thought? Why do some support it and some oppose it?
The "Wilsonian" thought is to have multilateralism and collective security in the U.S. government. Some oppose it because they say that his ideas have continued to fail throughout the century because humans are predisposed toward power politics rather than peaceful diplomacy and that the U.S. should focus on its mounting domestic problems. The others support it because it promotes free trade throughout the world, it supports nations and ethnic groups seeking statehood and protection from injustice.
The league was successful after World War I in that they were able to resolve several disputes peacefully. An instance of that was when Sweden and Finland were fighting over a group of contested islands. Another instance of them working out was a humanitarian crisis in Turkey. They were also not so successful after World War I, when Poland seized a town in Lithuania the League proved unable to make Poland leave. Another example of the League failing was when Italy seized Fiume, the port that had gone to Yugoslavia, war broke out (the one thing they were supposed to stop from happening).
2. Many historians suggest that the terms of the Versailles Treaty were a major cause of World War II. Support that argument.
One of the main reasons why the Versailles Treaty was a major cause of World War II was that the terms were so harsh on Germany. Because of this and the financial compensation given to the Victors (Which weakened Germany's economy, caused hunger in the country, and massive unemployment) Germany wanted to reassert themselves in world affairs and get back some of the land they had lost. The man who lead Germany through World War II, Adolf Hitler, came into power with the platform that acknowledged Germanys resentment and promised economic recovery.
3. Some historians characterize U.S. policy during the interwar period as isolationist. What actions, described in the reading, could be called isolationist?
The action of making France pay back their World War I debts could be called isolationism. France had owed the United States back $10 billion dollars in war debts. They had thought that they would be relieved of that debt but instead the United States demanded the money to be paid back in full. Another example of the United States' isolationistic policies during the interwar period was the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 and the Immigration Act of 1924. These Acts limited the amount of Europeans allowed to immigrate and they declared Japanese immigrants as "aliens ineligible for citizenship.".
4. How was U.S. foreign policy different in the Cold War from the interwar period?
During the Cold War the U.S. foreign policy was more multilateral rather than during the interwar period when it was more unilateral. An example of this is the United States allocating some $400 million dollars in aid to Greece and Turkey in 1947. Then some $13 billion dollars in aid to western European countries in the European Recovery Program, commonly know as the Marshall Plan. These were done because American leaders feared that the Soviets would fan the flames of conflict to gain influence in regions that were identified as vital to U.S. interests. Although that was essentially for U.S. interests it helped out other countries.
5. What is "Wilsonian" thought? Why do some support it and some oppose it?
The "Wilsonian" thought is to have multilateralism and collective security in the U.S. government. Some oppose it because they say that his ideas have continued to fail throughout the century because humans are predisposed toward power politics rather than peaceful diplomacy and that the U.S. should focus on its mounting domestic problems. The others support it because it promotes free trade throughout the world, it supports nations and ethnic groups seeking statehood and protection from injustice.
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